The Garden Minute ⏰: Monday 13 May 2024

☀️Good morning Gardeners. Here is today's gardening round up :)

7 beautiful border plants to plant in spring (plus planting tips!)

Forget the four seasons: how embracing 72 Japanese ‘micro-seasons’ could change your garden (and your life).

Observing fleeting seasonal changes goes hand in hand with gardening – and bring about a profound sense of calm. The Guardian.

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Can bees and earth worms really drown in wet soils? The answer might surprise you

Ecologist Ken Thompson explains the very surprising truth about whether insects can survive in waterlogged soil. Gardens Illustrated.

Kate Malone: ‘We’ve tried planting on a full moon and we think the crops are much better for it’

The Kent-based ceramicist explains how the trees and flowers in her garden inspire her work and why gardening is akin to creating art. The Daily Telegraph. Subscription may be required.

How to make a garden smell nice – six ways to create a fragrant garden 

Planning your garden with fragrance to the fore adds an extra dimension, in daytime as you brush past herbs and aromatic foliage, and as darkness falls, when heady perfumes scent the evening air. Ideal Home.

Renowned designer and RHS Chelsea Flower Show gold-medallist Arne Maynard chooses his ten all-time favourite plants

A childhood love of gardening led Arne Maynard to a career in garden design, and his skill and creativity have yielded a portfolio of high-profile clients around the world. At his home, Allt-y-bela in Monmouthshire, Arne experiments with his passion for planting. Here he selects ten of his favourite plants to grow…The English Garden.

How to grow Calabrese

Make some space for calabrese - the vegetable that you buy from the supermarket labelled as broccoli. You’ll be rewarded with a quick-growing brassica that is delicious once it reaches your plate, whether you love roasted broccoli as a side dish, prefer it lightly steamed seasoned simply with salt and pepper, paired with pasta, in a broccoli and stilton soup, or simply boiled with other vegetables to up the nutrition of your meal. Grow Fruit & Veg.

Five ways to get rid of weeds with Alan Titchmarsh

Many of the worst garden weeds can quickly take over your garden during the growing season. Weeds start growing earlier in the year than many garden plants, in early spring – so be sure to get on top of them early before they get out of hand. Gardeners World.

HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN CHRISTMAS DINNER!

Grow your own vegetables for the festive table and turn up the dial on taste! Christmas may feel like a very long way off, but plans for home-grown festive fare start now, says Benedict Vanheems. Kitchen Garden.

‘I could buy ready-to-go evergreens and hurry up the process, but I’m not in a hurry’ — why gardeners, like plants, should move slowly

Shrubs, grasses, mess and dead leaves are nothing to be feared. We should take a leaf from Piet Oudolf and enjoy watching things grow and decay. Country Life.

Sizeable Squash And Mini Marrows

Marrows have long been grown, but other than for super-sized specimens at flower shows they’re no longer as popular as the many varieties of squash that have effectively replaced them. True, we still eat a lot of marrows, but solely as wee babies, for that’s what courgettes (zucchini) are. Indeed, if you miss picking for only a week or so then you’ll soon know about it, with giants in place of the smaller, sweeter specimens you might have preferred. Fortunately, with the marrow’s robust constitution you rarely go badly wrong growing either courgettes or zucchini. Amateur Gardening.

Chelsea Flower Show 2024: Dates, tickets, themes and gardens

Garden lovers, it's almost time; the Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show – the world’s most spectacular annual horticultural event – is now right around the corner, and this year promises cutting-edge garden designs, blooming floral displays, and plenty more. Country Living.

We started gardening as Gen Zs and Millennials – and found a community as well as a new hobby

Chloe Plumstead comes from a strong maternal line of gardeners.

Both her mum and her nan are very green-fingered, a trait which she’s inherited – and embraced – in the last few years.

‘The legacy extends further back into my family, always as a hobby rather than a profession,’ Chloe, who is 30 and lives in Ipswich, tells Metro.co.uk.

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